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THE llOmsTSG OREGOSJXS, TUESDAY; JANTABY 1, 3895.
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bridge in Arizona, h:ilt by the same com
pany. Ho made all the surveys for the
line of the proposed Astoria & Portland
railroad on what is known as the Nehalem
Valley route. His first work on the Bull
Run system was on the pipe line itself,
but afterward he was appointed to the
important position he has since filled so
acceptably.
J. Q. JAMIESON.
Mr. J. Q. Jamleson is a native of Penn
sylvania. He studied engineering In the
Western university of that state, came to
Oregon in 1S78, and In the following year,
on the organization of the Oregon Rail
way & Navigation Company, entered its
employ as topographer. He soon became
an assistant engineer in charge of a sec
tion on construction, and until the sus
pension of work on the Portland & Puget
Sound railroad, three years since, was con
tinuously In the employ of either the O. R.
& K. Co., the Northern Pacific Railroad
J-QJamieson.
Photo by McAlpln & Lamb.
Company or the Union Pacific, in charge
of location or construction of various
parts of their lines in the Northwest. He
has since made surveys for several rail
way projects In Oregon, Washington and
California, and on January 1 a year ago
entered the employ of the city as assistant
engineer in charge of grading and bridg
ing for the eastern end of the pipe line,
which position he held until the comple
tion of the line.
J. F. CASE.
Mr. Case lias had large experience as
a practical engineer, and his special
knowledge of the field of Western Ore
gon was one of his best recommendations
for his appointment on the staff of en
gineers on the Bull Run pipe line.
Mr. Case Is a native of Columbus, Wis.,
J.FCflSE..
where he was born September 22, 1868. He
took the high school course at La Crosse,
from which school he graduated Jn 18S5.
He was subsequently employed as rodman
and leveler on the construction of the
Chicago, Burllrgton & Southern railroad.
Ho entered the university of Wisconsin
as a special student of civil engineering,
and after completing the course he was
employed first by the St. Paul & Duluth
railroad on the survey for that line from
St. Paul to Omaha. Mr. Case came to
Portland In July, 1SSS. His first work here
wsis as assistant engineer of the Northern
Pacific Terminal Company. He subse-
qunntly did engineering work in the em
ploy of the government at The Dalles,
and he was the engineer of the Madison
street bridge spanning the Willamette
xiver at Portland, now one of the most
Important thoroughfares across the river
within the city limits. He was afterwaid
engineer of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company, and It was under his direc
tion that the Riverside extension of that
line was built. He also filled the same
position on the East Side suburban rail
ways. He had charge of the construction
of the electric line to Oregon City, some
12 miles south of Portland. During tl.e
summer of 1893 Mr. Case was in charge of
the construction work on the Bull Run
pipe line, from Grant's Butte to the Sandy
river, and in March lest he was appointed
assistant engineer In charge of reservoirs
3, 4 and S at City Tark.
Mr. Case has been prominently connect
ed with the Oregon National Guard, and
he Is now the first lieutenant of his com
pany. He will make Portland his perma
rcnt home, and the reputation he has al
leady earned here assures him a most
prosperous future.
S. C. IRVING.
As the strength of a chain is that of Us
weakest link. &o the life of a pipe line is
determined by the care with which the
S.C.Irving.
Pfctto b McAJpm & Lamb.
jelnts of the pipe are protected from the
destructive influence of rust and corro
sion. In order to secure the greatest pro
tection in this particular, the specifica
tions of the Bull Run pipe line called for
a liberal application of P. & B. paint to
all joints, and. should abrasions occur in
the coating of the pipe, to the pipe itself.
lBgneers are in a great measure opposed
to specifying patented articles, and Colonel
Smith only did so after thoroughly Investi
gating the merits of "P. &B." both by prac
tical tests made by himself and covering
several veers' time and by correspondence
with the leading water-works engineers
of the United States. The water gates of
the reservoirs, the air-valves and man
holes of the pipe line are painted with "P.
& B." It is a California invention, and Is
manufactured solely by the Parafflne
Paint Company, of 118 Battery street, San
Francisco. Mr. S. C. Irving, a former res
ident of Portland, whose portrait Is pub
lished above, is manager of the company.
RICHARD KEATINGE.
Richard Keatinge, superintendent of
concrete construction on the Bull Run
system, was born In England, receiving
Ms education at a technical school under
the patronage of the British government.
He has devoted the best years of his life
to concrete work in all its phases, .and
many of the most noted bHildings In" the
United States, whose walls, floors and
ral. to, i; fs
.$ $Hm MZ&.
roots, as well as ornaments, have been
constructed entirely of concrete, have
been erected under his supervision, name
ly: The United States torpedo magazine
on Goat Island, in San Francisco bay; the
Borax works of San Francisco; the Iceland
Stanford museum; the girls' dormitory of
the Stanford university, and others. The
museum building is the largest concrete
building: In the world, and Is regarded as
a marvel of constructive skill, massive
and classical In outline, and in every way
Imposing in appearance. In all these
buildings the improved methods and ap
pliances invented and patented by E. I.
Ransome, of Chicago, were used, and
after their completion, two years ago, Mr.
Keatlnge removed to Portland as agent
for the patented methods. In which the
combination of concrete and twisted iron
plays so important a part.
Here the firm of which he is a member
has had a marked success, and last spring,
when the water committee adopted the
plans of the consulting engineer for build
ing the dams of concrete, Mr. Keatinge
was appointed superintendent of concrete
construction, on the recommendation of
Colonel Isaac TV. Smith, chief engineer,
and James D. Schuyler, consulting engi
neer. During the month of June Mr.
Keatinge devoted his time to the organiza
tion of the force, and the extraordinary
rapidity with which the work was pushed
from that time forward was largely the
result of the good judgment displayed In
the selection of foremen to take imme
diate charge of the minor details. Of
these, the principal ones were: P. Stan
ley, in charge at reservoir No. 1; G. Clark,
at reservoir No. 2; Ph. Plattenberg, at res
ervoir No. 3; and J. Hall, at reservoir No.
A, besides about 20 subforemen. The rapid
ity of the concrete work is without paral
lel on this coast, as indeed this great work
surpasses all concrete construction in the
Northwest. The payroll of men on con
crete work has reached as high as $40,000
per month; some 42,000 barrels of cement
have been used, and all this enormous
mass of material has been handled and
put in place since the 13th day of June,
when the first shovelful was laid in reser
voir No. 3. The Ransome patent construc
tion has been used throughout, with some
special adaptations due to the inventive
genius and skill of Mr. Schuyler, and it is
a matter of general remark that the work
is of the highest class, notwithstanding
which fact the cost has been below the
estimate per cubic yard, although circum
stances have rendered it necessary to put
in a much greater quantity than was
originally estimated.
EMERY OLIVER, ASSISTANT ENGI
NEER. Mr. Emery Oliver's first engineering
work was with Portland's city surveyor
in 1SS2. He next became connected with
the engineering department of the O. R.
& N. Co., and continued In the employ of
this company and its successor, the Union
Pacific railway, until 1891. He was in
charge of the construction of the Union
Pacific Company's extensive terminal
yards, depot buildings and improvements
at Spokane until their completion. After
leaving the employ of the Union Pacific,
he was engineer in charge of the location
surveys for the California Midland rail
way, and later was assistant engineer in
charge of the location of a part of the line
of the San Francisco & Salt Lake railroad.
He was also in charge of the location and
construction of the portage road at The
Dalles for the Columbia Railway & Navi
gation Company.
Three years ago Mr. Oliver formed a co
partnership with Mr. H. D. Gradon, the
present Portland superintendentof streets,
for the purpose of engaging in general en
gineering work. Thi3 has since that time
been one of the leading engineering firms
of the city. Mr. Oliver's connection with
the city water works has been as assist-
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Photo by McAlpin & Lamb.
ant engineer in direct charge of seven
miles of the 33-inch steel main from
Grant's butte to Mount Tabor, six miles of
the 32-inch cast-iron main from Mount
Tabor to the City Park, the submerged
pipe line across the Willamette river, six
mile of distributing mains on the East
Side, and reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2 at Mount
Tabor. This work Is among the most im
portant on the entire Bull Run system of
water works, and It has been handled un
der Mr. Oliver's direction in the same
careful manner that he does everything
Intrusted to his charge.
EVERETT M. BOYLE.
Like many of the highly successful en
gineers of the United States today, Mr.
Everett M-Bsyle.
Boyle is a native of England. He was
born In Yorkshire in ISIS. He received a
thorough education in his mother country,
after which he immediately commenced
the practice of his profession as a
draughtsman. He has worked on many of
the groat engineering works of England
and the United States, and he brought
with him to the Importsnt position he nas
held as draughtsman on the Bull Run
system the great experience which only
years of practical work can afford.
For 10 years Mr. Boyle was engaged
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successfully as a government surveyor la
England. The requirements of an appli
cant for any position in the engineering
corps of England are very high, and any
man who has held srch a position carries
with him through life a most valuable
recommendation of ris abilities. He held
an Important position on the Liverpool
water-works system located at AVyrn
wydd. North Wales. He was subsequently
construction engineer and bridge man on
the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. He
worked as a draughtsman on the Cana
dian Pacific railway at London. Canada.
He next held an important position as
draughtsman with Hubert Vischer, en
gineer of government forests in Cali
fornia, and on the Atchison, Topeka z
Santa Fe Railroad Company. He was
with the Riverside Water Company of
California; he was employed for a time
in the San Francisco city engineer's office;
he was on the government surveys under
Major Powell; he held the highly respon
sible position of chief draughtsman in the
city engineer's office at Tacoma; he was
employed on the water-works system at
Vancouver, B. C, one of the most ex
pensive systems of water works in the
Northwest; he helped to establish the
Seattle university site, and, during the
continuance of work on the great Bull
Run water-works system at Portland he
has been employed on this Important
undertaking.
Mr. Boyle comes from a good family,
his father. Major Alexander Boyle, hav
ing for years been connected with the
corps of engineers of the British army.
He has had every advantage in his chosen
profession, and he is perhaps today one of
the most competent draughtsmen In the
United States.
J. S. JACKSON.
Mr. J. S Jackson has been in charge of
all asphalt work on the reservoirs of the
Bull Run water-works plant. Mr. Jack
son is a gentleman who has had the ad
vantage of gaining both technical skill of
a high order and much practical knowl
edge in this special class of work, and he
has been prominently connected with the
construction of some of the most extensive
reservoir systems of the West.
Mr. Jackson is a native of California.
He early identified himself with the Alca
traz Asphalt Company of San Francisco
and is now one of the most trusted em
ployes of that company. Since he has
been engaged by this company he has
directed work in which the high grade of
Alcatraz asphalt, supplied only by this
concern, was used, and this work has in
cluded reservoir building, ditch lining,
street paving, laying sidewalks, and nu
merous other kinds of construction work
in which thid asphalt now plays such an
important part.
Mr. Jackson has not only had full charge
of all asphalt work in connection with
the construction of the Bull Run system,
but he also had charge of all the brick
work on reservoir No. 2 at Mount Tabor.
Alcatraz asphalt is nature's own product,
and it is singularly free from coal tar,
petroleum residuum and other deleterious
substance found in bituminous rock. The
high grade of this asphalt is no less re
sponsible for the highly successful results
obtained by Mr. Jackson in his work on
the Bull Run system than Is the special
skill and ability of this competent gentle
man who directed this work. He has de
voted his entire time to the prosecution of
work on the reservoirs since the first ap
plication of asphalt coating was made
about three months ago, and during that
time he has made his headquarters at
Portland. His regular business address is
22S Crocker building, San Francisco, where
he will be located after he has finished
his important engagement with the Port
land water works committee.
THE COMING BOOK.
Lewis & Dryden'.s Marine History.
The marine history of the Northwest Is
a story teeming with interest to all who
feel a pride in the development of our
great commonwealth. It is a story of the
rapid transformation of deckhands and
common mariners Into millionaires; it is
a story of plain facts, affording more
PORTLAND it
ASTORTA HAIL STEAMER,
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thrilling interest than the glamor of ro
mance and fiction can throw over any
other subject pertaining to the Northwest;
a story of ships that never returned; of
awful disasters to steam and sail craft on
river, sound and ocean; of steamers that
made more money than they could carry:
of old-time sailing craft that could outrun
the steamers; fcf scores of other subjects,
the bare mention of which awakens Inter
esting memories.
The arrangement of these stories, se
cured from reliable data and costing years
of labor and thousands of dollars, is now
nearing completion, and will soon be issued
by the Lewis: Dryden Printing Company
of Portland. The book Is profusely illus
trated with engravings not only of the
old-time marine men, but with hundreds
of pioneer vessels, including the steamers
Beaver, Multnomah, Otter, Lot Whltcomb,
Wilson G. Hunt, Carrie Ladd. Columbia
and others of similar importance.
OREGON CRACKER CO.
Enterprise and Kueriry Have Placed
It in the Lead.
The Oregon Cracker Company is one of
the most successful concerns engaged
in this line of business on the Pacific
coast. From a modest effort, in which
the initial steps were taken but a few
years ago, they have acquired a trade
second to none In the Northwest, con
trolled safely by the high standard of
their goods. To their already extensive
plant, they have during the past year
added a complete set of machinery for
manufacturing all kinds of Italian paste,
such as macaroni, vermicelli, etc. The
factory is located at 49 North Front street.
A few years ago the building which they
now occupy was considered sufficiently
large, but the business has grown to such
proportions that the premises are now
too small to allow the company to handle
Its increasing trade in as satisfactory a
manner as the officers of the company
wish.
The
Lnivliolosome 'White Oyster"'
Fail.
New York Sun.
Several of the journals that are devoted
to the things we eat are proclaiming vig
orously against the "white oysters" which
are In such large demand at the fashion
able up-town restaurants. Nobody knows
exactly where the idea- started, unless :t
took root in a belief In the feminine brain
that everything that is white is pure; but
It Is a fact that women have made un
usual demands during the past few sea
sons for oysters that were white, and re
jected those that were yellowish or brown
as being unfit to eat. Two of the most
popular restaurants up-town have made
a point of serving small Blue Points en
half shell, packed in ice. tne oysters in al
most every Instance lookjng as white as
snow. They look far more palatable and
delicate than the regulation oysters, but
experts declare them Injurious in the
highes-t degree. Salt water, which is the
natural element of the oyster, gives it a
yellowish tinge. To produce the white
color the dealers throw the oysters into
fresh water when they turn white, be
come abnormally fat and die. Some of the
Fulton-market dealers class them as dis
eased oysters- It is not likely, however,
that a little detail of this sort will have
any effect upon the fashionable demand
for the white oyster.
S1GHTLYBURIALSP0TS
THE ATTRACTIVE CEMETERIES OF
RIVERVIEW AND LOXE Fill.
The Last Resting Places of Many
"Whose Xamw Are Prominently
Connectetf With Portland.
NE of the most at
tractive burying
grounds in the
United States Is
Riverview cemetery,
which occupies the
sloping hill on the
west bank of the
river at a point
nearly four miles
south of the center
of the city. It is
reached by the fine
ly equipped electric
cars of the Portland
Consolidated system
and also by the well
kept White House
road, which winds
along the river bank south from the city
to Milwaukle, six miles distant. This
thoroughfare during the summer months
is the popular drive out of Portland, and
durinsr the long, cool evenings of mid
summer and early fall it is lined with the
ENTRANCE TO RIVERVIEW
fine carriages of that part of Portland's
population which can afford to drive.
Portland's first burial spot was located
just back of wherethe stately New Mar
ket theater building now stands. As
the village grew the residence district en
croached on the limits of this plat, and
a little later In the city's history a new
cemetery was located on a five-acre tract
on the Macadam road, a spot that is now
within the corporate limits. This tract
was donated to the city by James Ter
williger and Flnlce Caruthers, old-time
residents of Portland. This was not suit
able for a burylngSgraund, however, and
after a few bodies had been buried there
It was closed to further interments, and
for years subsequent the one great cem
etery of Portland was what is known as
Lone Fir, and in which from 4000 to 5000
bodies He in peaceful repose.
The First internment at Lone Fir was
made in 1S13 or 1816. This beautiful spot
lies on the high land, immediately- back
of the mosthlekly-bunt residence por
tion ofj theTSast Side district, and be
yond It'.for severaliimiles stretches away
the districts on which" are built some of
the most attractive, suburban homes of
the West. Lone FJr today Is surrounded
on all rides by well-!aid-qut streets, it
reposes after nightfall under the glare
of hundreds of electric lights, and steam
motor and electric cars go screaming and
whistling past its limits from early morn
until after midnight. As a burial spot
for fresh interments it is now but little
used, the more popular Riverview being
the principal cemetery of the city, but as
the last restintr nlace of deceased mem-
bers of hundreds of families of this city
It claims a sacred regard from the people
here which will long delay It3 desecra
tion as a city of the dead.
The plat now occupied by Lone Fir in
the early 'oOs was owned by Colburn Bar
rel, afterwards a well-known resident of
Portland. He had a small part of this
plat laid out, and he named It Mount
Crawford cemetery. This original plat
contained 30 acres. In 1S6G a company
was formed under the name of the Port
land Lone Fir Cemetery Association. The
organization was completed" on July 20
of that year, and the present grounds
were transferred to this association in De
cember following. Ihe capital stock was
S3100, and the original stockholders were
Levi Anderson. Robert Pittock. Silver :
Fain. Jacob Mayer. D. W. Williams, B.
P. Cardwell, Ferdinand Opltz, Luzerne
Besser, Charles Barrett. Thomas Steph
ens. Henry C. Coulson, J. A. Strowbridge,
C. M. Wiberg. John C. Carson, Brelsford
& Ewery and Colburn Barrel.
At that time the cemetery contained
several hundred acres. Out of the many
monarchs of the mighty forest which once
surrounded and stood on this plat, but a
sinjrle fir tree was left standing. Mr. Bar-
vyieYt suggested the name Lone Fir, and it
was at once aaopiea oy tne association.
It was not until 1S77 that any systematic
attempt was made to put the cemeterv m
a condition thatwould makeitan attractive
and fitting burial site for Portland's dead.
In that year a considerable amount of
money was raised for this purpose and
the entire plat of Lone Fir was cleared
and laid out, and headboards were placed
at the great number of graves that had
long laid neglected. An accurate record
of the burials at Lone Fir has been kept
by the association. With the vast sums
of money that have been spent by the
association and by private parties dur
ing the past few years on this plat it is
today an attractive spot of interest in
the city, and Is regularly visited by hun
dreds of tourists and by the city people
who are conveyed to the grounds in a few
minutes' time over ihe fine electric road
of the City & Suburban system.
RIVERVIEW CEMETERY.
The Attractive Ground South of the
City Limits.
In 1S79 a number of public-spirited gen
tlemen of Portland, including ex-United
States Senator K. W. Corbett, Henry Fall
ing and W. S. Ladd,. purchased for $10,000
2S9 acres of land from Hector Campbell
and Thomas Stephens with the object in
''P' -'- - - ,r i ... -
view of providing for Portland
a cemetery" that would be a
credit to the city, and which
would meet the demands as a burial spot
for Its dead for many years in the future.
This tract embraced within Its limits near
ly all of that beautiful hill lying just be
yond the Red house, on the famous White
House road. This ridge rises by easy
slopes to an elevation of about 150 feet,
and its western slope, on which the ceme
tery is located, commands a view of the
Willamette river below and the attractive
country beyond, Including the lofty range
of the Cascades and the snow-capped
Hood, the whole scene forming a pano
rama that at once entrances all 'tfsitors
to this ideal spot.
The gentlemen who purchased these
grounds sent East for a competent man
to make a careful topographical survey of
the plot and to prepare plans and draw
ings for laying out the grounds. This
work was done by Mr. E. O. Schwagel,
an experienced engineer, at a total ex
pense of about $1000. A large force of men
was put to work early in 1SS0, and by Sep
tember of that year nearly $30,000 had been
expended by the association In Improve
ments according to the plans of the engi
neer. The entire cost to the original own
ers of making the cemetery the attractive
spot it afterwards became was $S9,500.
This included the purchase price of the
ground. On June SO. 1S93. the original
owners transferred the cemetery to the
Riverview Cemetery Association for the
exact amount they had spent on this
beautiful spot.
The Riverview Cemetery Association
CEMETERY, PORTLAND.
was organized in accordance with the
terms of a bill passed by the legislature
of the state. According to the by-laws of
this association, each owner of a lot in
the cemetery is a member. The restric
tion placed on the improvements of lots
especially facilitates keeping the cemetery
in a good condition. No lot must contain
any slabstone, or any head or foot stone
in an erect or vertical position, nor Is a
mound allowed on any grave. Each grave
may be marked by a stone, which, how
ever, must He flat on the ground, with its
surface not projecting to exceed one inch
above the sod. This stone shall not be to
exceed 23 Inches in length by 20 inches in
width, and it must not be less than two
inches in thickness. It must be placed di
rectly over the grave, and no grave shall
be otherwise marked. No monument can
be placed on any lot without first having
obtained permission from the superintend
ent, nor shall any tree or shrub be planted
without having this same consent. Deco
rations must not be so placed as to Inter
fere with important effects on an adjoin
ing" lot. More than one monument -on a
slpgle lot is not allowed.
The entrance to the cemetery, as shown
by the Illustration on this page, is attract
ively lined with trees and choice shrub
bery. At thp right of the entrance stands
a modest stone building called The Lodge.
This is purely rustic in its style of archi
tecture. It is used as the residence of the
superintendent and for keeping the plans
and drawings from which the cemetery
was first laid out. The association now
contemplates building another stone build-
, ing, which will be used as a chapel and
i ako as a receiving vault. This will be a
small rustic structure, but it will be made
as attractive as possible, and it is hoped
to have it completed some time during the
present year.
The entrance itself leads through a
large gate and between two buttresses of
solid stone, masonry. Inside the gate the
grounds are beautifully laid out. The
j summit of the cemetery is reached by a
winding road of easy grades that is lined
with flowers and the choicest shrubbery
for its entire length. The view from the
j iop oi mis mil is suunmc. .Deiuw ine xeei
j of the beholder and stretching away for
I miles is the peaceful Willamette, while
! beyond are well-kept fields, thickly wood
ed districts, and the hazy outlines of the
foothills of the Cascade mountains. Ris
ing above these foothills are the more
rugged lines of this great chain itself.
above which, rising into the intense blue
of the firmament, is the perennial snow
capped peak of Mount Hood.
Nobody should visit Portland without
making the trip to Riverview. It is easily
reached by either electric cars or by car
riage, and the general beauty of the spot,
together with the charming view com
manded from it3 higher elevations, will
well repay the trifling effort necessary to
visit it.
In addition to Lone Fir and Riverview
there are several other burying grounds
in the vicinity of Portland, which are
beautifully located and well cared for.
I The most Important of these, perhaps, is
UJNIOX 2TEAT COMPANY'S PLANT AT TROUTDALE.
Greenwood cemetery, on Boone's Ferry
road, South Portland, not far from River
view. This is the Masonic burial place,
but within the limits of the same cemetery
are plots owned by the Grand Army posts
and the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows.. There are also two Jewish ceme
teries, one of which adjoins Greenwood
cemetery, and the other Is located on the
south side of Taylor's Ferry road. South
Portland. St. Mary's Catholic cemetery
is located on the north side of the Base
"Line road between East Twenty-fourth
and East Twenty-sixth streets.
Portland has always taken a commend
able pride In properly caring for the last
resting places of Its dead, and the ceme
teries located in the immediate vicinity
of the city will compare favorably In ap
pearance with the best-kept cemeteries od
the United States.
A BIG PACKM H00SE
THE TTIWOX MEAT COMPANY'S EX
TENSIVE BUSINESS.
Oregon as a Ilojrralsiug State How
the Company Has Developed
This Industry.
ACKING-HOUSES are
now regarded as high
ly essential factors in
the industrial organi
zation of every large
city. To insure success
in the management of
these institutions it Is '
Imperative that every
modern device for per
fect sanitation should be incorporated in
the mechanical department of the plant.
It Is, furthermore, necessary, to Introduce
various methods for utilizing and turning
to account all offal and other parts of the
carcass, much of which was until recent
years allowed to go to waste. These fun
damental features of a first-class abattoir
and packing-house are to be found in the
extensive plant of the Union Meat Com
pany of this city.
It has been claimed that there are no
packing-houses In Portland, but a glance
at the illustrations accompanying this
article will be a sufficient refutation of
any such unfounded claims or assertions.
The larger view represents the company's
slaughtering-house, chilling-rooms, ice
house, fertilizer factors', woolpullery and
glue factory, all of which arc located at
Troutdale, 15 miles from this city. The
other illustration Is a correct representa
tion of the company's wholesale market
and packing-house, which covers a half
block at the corner of Fourth and Gllsan
streets. The mechanical equipment of
both places, although not quite of equal
magnitude, is in every other particular
gqual to that of any of the great Eastern
packing-houses. The Union Meat Com
pany is an institution of which the citi
zens of Portland feel justly proud, for it
is strictly a home enterprise. It was or
ganized by men who grew up in the butch
ering business in Portland, men who have
resided here since the present metropolis
of the Northwest was a mere village.
Unlike many of the la-gc cities west of
Chicago, Portland was not compelled to
wait until Eastern men saw fit to come
here and erect such a needed institution.
The men who embarked in this enterprise
saw that the city was in need of a com
plete abattoir and packing-house, and im
mediately commenced the construction of
the same. In inaugurating the enterprise
the members of the Union Meat Company
have conferred upon the Pacific North
west a benefit that is far-reaching in its
character and effects. In early days in
Oregon, before the state had railroad com
munication with the East, the residents
of the commonwealth were content to eat
hams, bacon, lard and kindred hog products
of theirown manufacture. With the advent
of the railroad came the ubiquitous and
irrepressible Chicago drummer, who had
little difficulty in persuading jobbers that
the high-grade hog products of the Chi
cago packing-houses were infinitely supe
rior to those of home manufacture. All
the claims made for the Eastern products
were at that time well founded. A multi
tude of Improved devices for handling the
meats had been introduced in the large
packing-houses there, while a systematic
method of curing and packing the prod
ucts was followed out. Here In Oregon
more primitive methods of manufacturing
hog products were in vogue. There wa3
no uniformity in quality in these home
products, and therefore the Eastern goods
soon secured a stron
foothold in the
markets of the Northwest.
This condition of affairs prevailed for
several years, and finally the impression
became general among newcomers, and
was also shared by many oldtlmers, that
COLD STORAGE AND PACKISG-IIOUSE; ALSO HEADQUARTERS UXIOX HEAT COM
PANY, PORTLAND.
Oregon was not "in it" with the Eastern
states In hograising and in the manufac
ture of hog products. It has been the
mission of the Union Meat Company to
correct this impression, and the high rep
utation which its hams, lard, bacon, etc.,
now enjoys in the Northwest is conclusive
evidence of the well-merited success of its
undertaking. Through the intelligent and
well-directed efforts of this company they
have also established a trade and reputa
tion for their other meat products, such
as beef, veal, mutton, pork, etc., that
makes the'lr name a household word
among the numerous families that now
enjoy through this company's efforts the
inestimable boon of delicious cold-storage
meats for daily consumption. The fame
of the company in this particular Is so
well known that extended comment on
that point would be superfluous.
Their manufacture of hog products on
an extensive scale is, however, a recent
undertaking, and it will be of interest to
Nffot&ag5&j
the consumer of the company's products
in this line to learn of the methods em
ployed by the company in the manufac
ture of these articles. At their packing
house is located their lard-rendering
plant, where the fat of the hogs is con
verted into lard, which for excellence and
f purity is far superior to any brand now on
the market. An Important point, worthy
of consideration by consumers. Is the fact
that no chemicals are used to bleach or
whiten the lard. It is just as pure and
sweet and wholesome as the lard that
mothers and grandmothers used to make.
The hams and bacon manufactured by
the Union Meat Company are simply per
fect. Their process of pickling and smok
ing is so thorough and systematic that a
delicacy of flavor is attained that is not
equaled by the most famous products of
any of the great packing-houses of the
East. As all their bams and bacon are
cured In precisely the same manner, thera
is an absolute uniformity in these, prod
ucts of the company wherever found. It
is a well-known fact that hogs raised In
the Northwest are comparatively free
from disease, due to the cooler and
more equable climate of the country. Be
cause hogs raised in this locality are so
free from disease, consumers should be
particularly cautious and see that their
tables are supplied with hams and bacon
of this company's make.
As a distinguishing- trade-mark for all
their meat products, the Union Meat Com
pany have christened them the Shield
brand. All who are desirous of promoting"
home enterprise should see- that dealers
supply them with nothing but the Union
Meat Company's Shield brand of hams,
bacon and pure kettle-rendered lard. The
officers and members of this company
have labored diligently and unceasingly
in the upbuilding of this great industry-
Thelr efforts deserve the warmest sup
port, and it is gratifying to note that
proper recognition is being accorded thera,
a fact which is apparent from the high
favor in which their products arc held by
the people of the entire Pacific Northwest,
BAGS AND BURLAPS.
A. J. Tower's Fish ami Shield BraatUf
OUcd Clothtnsr.
Ames & Harris is one of the leadingf
firms in Portland in this particular line of
business. Their office is located at 10 and
12 North First street, a four-story and
basement building, and their factory at
100-101 Sacramento street, San Francisco.
AMES & HARRIS.
They are manufacturers, importers and
dealers In bgs of all kinds, burlaps, hop
cloth, twines, duck, hydraulic hose,
awnings, tents. Hags and camp furni
ture. They are agents on the Pacific coast,
British Columbia, Alaska and the Sand
wich Islands for A. J. Tower's celebrated
Fish and Shield brands of oiled clothing,
an American manufacturer, whose goods
are sold In Europe, India and Australia.
Ames & Harris have built up and control
a most enviable trade.
LEATHER-BELTING SHOP.
A New Business House for Portlnnd.
C. A. & W. L. Bryant, formerly located
at Saco, Me., have moved their stock and
machinery to 27 North First street, Fort
land, Or.
Thev are acents for the celebrated Co-
! checo lace leather, and also carry a stock
of flrsi-class water-proofed leather belting.
A workshop is maintained in connection
with the establishment, equipped with ma-
j chlnery for making and repairing every
thing in this line.
Old leather belts may be repaired or
made over so that they will be practically
as good as new, and will last many yeara.
The firm will give this branch cf the
business particular attention, and having
been engaged in this industry for 13 years,
are able to guarantee first-class work.
The location of this firm In Portland Is
a boon to all users of leather belting in
the Northwest, who can now avail them
selves of a much needed shop, and save
money by having their repairs done here.
o
There's hardly a housekeeper in
the country but has heard of
CottOlene the new vegetableshort
ening'. It is a strictly, natural
product; composed only of clari
fied cotton seed oil, thickened for
convenience in use, with refined
beef suet pure and sweet. So
composed,
Was bound to win, and to drive
out lard from the kitchens of the
world. Yiien housekeepers wish
to get rid of the unpleasant feat
ures and results of lard, they
should get CottOlene, taking care
that they are not given cheap
counterfeits with imitative names,
spuriously compounded to sell in
the place of CottOlene.
It's easy to avoid disappointment
and insure satisfaction. Insist
en having CottOlene.
Sold In 3 and 5 ponnJ pills.
Made only by
The N. K. Fairbank
Company,
ST. LCCIS ana
Cfcittso, NetrYorft, Boston.
WrWrs Indian Vepffle Pills
Are acknowledged by thousandi of persoas w!io
.uiT9 MtrA Uicm for over forty years to cars
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